Improvement in cotton-bale ties



J. F. MILLIGAN. I

co'r'ron BALE TIE.

No..1'09,748. Patented Nov. 29,1870.

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Letters Patent No. 109,748, dated November 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

The Schedule.referrec 1 to in these Letters Patent and makin'g part ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itv known that I, JOHN F. ll/IILLIGAN, of St. Louis, in the county ofSt. Louis and State of Missouri, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Cotton- Bale Ties and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and true description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to the. letters of reference marked.thereon.

This invention relates to metallic tics or looks for fas ing bands orhoops for packages and bales of cotton, nemp, and similar materials; and

The-naturethereof consists in forming a tie having two inclinedrectangular mortises or slots, so formed that the hands, when entered ata proper inclination corresponding to the inclination of said slots,shall be retained or locked in the rectangular slots-and prevented fromdisengagement,except at the aforesaid opened inclination. 1

To enable those skilled herein to make and use my said invention, I willnow more fully describe the saline,

referring to the accompanying v Figure 1 as a perspective view, showingthe manner of securing the bands; to

Figure 2 as a front elevation of the tie, showing the mode of enteringthe band to form a proper lock.

The tie-piece A is formed of one piece, usually of cast or wroughtmetal.

, Said tie-piece has the rectangular slots 0 formed in-Fillt-IIGPUIOI'B, the inclination of said slots at is such that thecorner a, formed by the intersection of the slots a, shall extendslightly above the upper line or edge of the slots (1, and as clearlyshown in fig. 2.

The corner 0 forms, therefore, a lock to prevent disengagement of thebands, unless at the reguirediuclination in accordance with theopenedslot a, as shown by dotted lines in fig. 2.

Besides, as the bands 0 are kept in a state of tension, produced by theexpansion of the baled material, it-is plain a disengagement of saidbands is thus prevented, as the same cannot assume the required inclination to effect a disengagement.

It will be observed that each end of the tie forming locking devicesirrespective of each other, said tie is therefore adapted to be usedeither right or left; also,

that the construction of the tie is suclrthat the same transverse slots(1-, and diagonal slots 0, for the pur pose set forth.

'3 In testimony of said invention, I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of witnesses.

JOHN F. M-ILLIGAN.

- Witnesses:

JOSEPH W. BRANCH, WILLIAM H. Human.

